Sash-holder



(No Model.)

N. HARRIS.

SASH HOLDER. No. 600,288A Patented M2118, 1898.

onms vsTeRs on. moro-uw 62mm/wow UNTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

NATHANIEL HARRIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,283, dated March 8, 1898.

Application filed November 4 1 B 9 '7.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Sash-Balance and Antirattler, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in a combined sash-balance and antirattler; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my complete invention, showing in dotted lines the sash and window-frame. Fig. 2 isa horizontal cross-section of a windowframe and sash, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a horizontal crosssection of the plate properly formed with the spring removed. Fig. 4 is a planview of the blank from which my invention is formed with spring removed 5 and Fig. 5 is a horizontal cross-section of a window-frame and sash, showing my invention as attached to the sash and pressing against the frame.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple, cheap, and effective combined sashbalance and antirattler whereby the window may be held by friction at any desired position and at the same time prevented from rattling; and it consists of a plate adapted to be secured to the window-frame and having a wing formed at right angles thereto, to which wing one end of a flat spring is secured, the opposite free end of said spring being in frictional contact with the wing, the medial portion of the spring normally extending beyond the longitudinal edge of the plate, whereby when the whole is properly applied the spring will frictionally bear or press against the sash; and it further consists in other details hereinafter more fully set forth.

In detail the invention may be described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a hat plate of sufficient length, having a longitudinal straight edge 2.

3 3 represent ears, each of which is provided with an opening 4, through which suitable Serial No. 657,384. (No model.)

fastening devices, such as nails or screws 5, are passed for securing the plate to the guidestrip 6 of the window-frame 7, with the longitudinal edge 2 parallel and adjacent to the sash 8, as best shown in Fig. 2. Formed integral with the plate 1 and located between the ears 3 3 is a wing 9, bent approximately at right angle to the plate 1, and attached to the plane fiat surface of said wing, adjacent to the upper edge thereof, is one end of a bowed spring 10, the parts being preferably united by a rivet ll. The opposite or free end of said spring 10 bears against or presses 011 the flat surface of the wing adjacent to the opposite lower edge of the same. The medial portion 12 of the spring normally extends beyond the longitudinal straight edge 2 of the plate, whereby when the plate is secured to the guide-strip of the frame, with its longitudinal edge 2 adjacent to the sash, the spring 10 will frictionally bear against the sash and be depressed as far as the edge 2.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the blank from which the plate, ears, and wing are formed, the same being oblong in shape and cut or sheared at l3 to a suitable distance and the portion 14 bent on the dotted lines 15 to form the wing, this being the preferred method of forming the plate; but` the same may be cast or otherwise formed without departing from the nature of my invention.

In some instances, and especially where new frames and sashes are set up, the device is preferably applied as shown in Fig. 5, the plate being secured to the sash and the spring bearing against the inner adjacent surface of the guide-strip of the window-frame, whereby the plate, together with its spring, is entirely hidden from view. In applying my invention in either instance a sufficient amount of material is cut either from the guide-strip or sash to accommodate the win g and spring carried by the same.

WVlien my invention is applied as shown in Fig. 5, the ears are set in flush with the sash, and when applied as shown in Fig. 2 they may or may not be set into the guidestrip, as may be found most desirable.

By the employment of the longitudinal edge 2 of the plate the device can be easily and quickly adj usted and fastened to any window-frame and sash and the spring prevented from being depressed beyond a point that would totally destroy or injure the same. Having fully described my invention, what I claim is- A combined sash-balance and antirattler,

I consistingof a plate, securing-ears formed with said plate and on a plane with the same, a Wing also formed with said plate, and bent at right angles thereto, the length of which is equal to the distance between the ears, a bowed spring one end of which is secured to the Wing and having its opposite free end in friotional Contact with the same, the width NATI-IANIEL HARRIS.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. MATHEY, C. F. KELLER. 

